Back on the Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin Wins Over Spirit
In March, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeal upheld an original jury finding that Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven did not infringe copyright in […]
Articles by Dr Binoy Kampmark
Matters of International Justice: Challenging Trump’s ICC Sanctions
On September 2, US sanctions – the sort normally reserved for fully fledged terrorists and decorated drug traffickers – were imposed on the chief prosecutor […]
Infectious Conspiracies: Donald Trump, Coronavirus and Reality
One measure of success in politics is the degree enemies imitate you, even if done insincerely and without flattery. Insincere imitation has become the preserve […]
Lunar Lunacy: Competition, Conflict and Mining the Moon
The discussion about mining the Moon resembles that of previous conquests: the division of territory; the grabbing of resources; language of theft and plunder. All […]
Assange’s Eighteenth Day at the Old Bailey: Abuse of Power, Breaching Attorney-Client Privilege and Adjournment
October 1, 2020. Central Criminal Court, London. The Old Bailey has been the venue for a trial that should never have taken place. But during […]
Assange’s Seventeenth Day at the Old Bailey: Embassy Espionage, Contemplated Poisoning and Proposed Kidnapping
September 30. Central Criminal Court, London. Today will be remembered as a grand expose. It was a direct, pointed accusation at the intentions of the […]
Assange’s Sixteenth Day at the Old Bailey: Special Administrative Measures, Unreliable Assurances and Espionage
September 29. Central Criminal Court, London. Julian Assange’s defence team spent the day going over, reemphasising and sharpening the focus on what awaited their client […]
Assange’s Fifteenth Day at the Old Bailey: Solitary Confinement and Parlous Health Care
September 28. Central Criminal Court, London. Throughout the sham process formally known as the Julian Assange extradition trial, prosecutors representing the United States have been […]
Assange’s Fourteenth Day at the Old Bailey: Elections, Cracking Passwords and Failures of Proof
September 25. Central Criminal Court, London. On this Friday, the Assange trial moved into the rarefied realm of computer hacking and the less than rarefied […]
Dean Jones: Life of a Cricketing Entertainer
He was very much one of those cricketers who made the pulse race, a figure for the advocates of a faster variant of the game. […]
Assange’s Thirteenth Day at the Old Bailey: Mental Health, Managed Risk and Publication Chronologies
September 24. Central Criminal Court, London. The lion’s share of today’s Old Bailey proceedings in Julian Assange’s extradition trial was spent on battles over mental […]
Assange’s Twelfth Day at the Old Bailey: Autism, Suicide and Prisons
September 23. Central Criminal Court, London. Following the script sheet of the previous day, the non sequitur, pop medical view of the prosecution was again […]
Assange’s Eleventh Day at the Old Bailey: Suicide, Hallucinations and Psychological Torture
September 22. Central Criminal Court, London. Today, the prosecutors in the Julian Assange case did their show trial predecessors from other legal traditions proud. The […]
Assange’s Tenth Day at the Old Bailey: Bolting Horses, Death Penalties and Plots of Eviction
September 21. Central Criminal Court, London. Today was one of reiteration and expansion. Computer scientist Christian Grothoff of the Bern University of Applied Sciences supplied […]
Dangerous Streamlining: Emergencies, Militarisation and Civil Liberties
Be wary of anyone insistent on using the word “streamline” in the context of policy and planning. It suggests a suspicion of sound procedure, due […]